- As of March 2022, Armenia’s inflation rate was registered at 7.4%, according to the country’s Statistical Committee.
- Between January-February 2022, 5,344 children were born and 6,030 people died in the country.
- The parliamentary oppositional blocs – Armenia Alliance and I Have Honor – held a joint rally in Yerevan’s Freedom Square.
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Yerevan residents lay flowers at Surmalu blast site as Armenia
Flags have been flying at half-mast across Armenia as the country is holding two days of mourning for the victims of Sunday’s explosion at Yerevan’s Surmalu shopping strip, which left 16 dead and 62 injured. The authorities in Stepanakert also declared two days of mourning in response to the blast. 2 people remain unaccounted for following the tragedy, according to a tally kept by the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
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Will peace in Karabakh be imposed or negotiated?
Dr. Vicken Cheterian, Professor of International Relations at Webster University in Geneva, sat down with CivilNet to discuss the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the difference between a negotiated and imposed peace. Dr. Cheterian also talks about recent statements about Karabakh by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the lack of coherence in policy coming out of Yerevan.
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Moscow sends Yerevan complaint over online rumors of involvement in
By Mark Dovich The Russian Embassy in Armenia has lodged a complaint with the Armenian Foreign Ministry, rejecting rumors of Russian involvement in the large explosion that ripped through Yerevan’s Surmalu shopping strip on Sunday, leaving at least 16 people dead and scores more wounded. The embassy said in a Facebook post Wednesday it was “outraged by the cynical sensationalism circulated in the local information space containing blasphemous and false accusations against Russian entities for involvement” in the blast. The statement continued: “We consider this a direct provocation by the political forces behind such insinuations, aimed at undermining Russian-Armenian allied […]
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2 still missing in Yerevan blast as Armenia declares day
By Mark Dovich As of Wednesday morning, two people remain unaccounted for following Sunday’s large explosion at the popular Surmalu shopping strip in Yerevan, according to a tally kept by the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Rescue crews and volunteers from the Red Cross continue to comb through the wreckage. The authorities in both Yerevan and Stepanakert declared national days of mourning on Wednesday and Thursday in response to the blast, which left 16 people dead and 62 injured. The vast majority of those who were injured have been discharged from the hospital. On Sunday afternoon, a large explosion at a […]
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Yerevan blast raises questions about safety violations
The death toll in a large explosion at the popular Surmalu shopping strip in Yerevan rose overnight to 16. Four families received new homes in the southern Armenian border village of Shurnukh. Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu met for talks in Moscow.
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Yerevan blast death toll rises to 16
By Mark Dovich The death toll in a large explosion Sunday at the popular Surmalu shopping strip in Yerevan rose overnight to 16, the Ministry of Health announced Tuesday morning. Among the victims whose bodies were pulled from the rubble overnight were a young child and a pregnant woman, said Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Pambukhchyan. Rescue crews and volunteers from the Red Cross continue working around the clock to search the wreckage for possible survivors. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, eight people remain unaccounted for: seven Armenian citizens and one Iranian national. The number of people injured […]
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Rescue workers continue search for missing people after Yerevan blast
The death toll in a large explosion Sunday at a popular Yerevan shopping strip rose overnight to six, with another 61 injured, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Rescue crews continue to search the wreckage for 18 people who remain missing, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
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Armenian, Turkish ministers to meet in September, Turkish media says
By Mark Dovich A number of government ministers from Armenia and Turkey are set to meet next month on an unspecified date, according to a report published last Thursday by Turkish television channel Ulusal Kanal, citing an anonymous, high-ranking source in the country’s Foreign Ministry. Neither Yerevan nor Ankara have commented on the matter. “It is envisaged that the two countries’ ministers of trade, transport, and foreign affairs will be present at the meeting,” Ulusal Kanal reported. “It has been learned that Turkey’s expectation for the meeting…is (for it) to be held in Kars.” Armenia does not have a trade […]